Exam 6: Output

____ are used in specialized fields such as engineering and drafting and usually are very costly.

A(n) ____________________, such as that shown in Fiure 6-4, is a component of a computer that produces music, speech, or other sounds, such as beeps.

As with an LCD monitor, the greater the video card's bit depth, the poorer quality the resulting image.

Commonly used output devices include all of the following, except ____.

Figure 6-4 As shown in Figure 6-4, most surround sound speaker systems include one or two center speakers and two or more ____________________ so that sound emits from all directions.

Thermal wax-transfer printers are less expensive than ink-jet printers, but more expensive than many color laser printers.

A(n) ____________________ is an output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium such as paper or transparency film.

A(n) ____________________ is a chip that controls the manipulation and display of graphics on a display device.

Most label printers also print ____.

A printout in ____ presents its information printed across the shorter width of the paper.

The lower the dpi (dots per inch) an ink-jet printer can output, the better the print quality.

Figure 6-2 Standard CRT monitors like the one in Figure 6-2 today usually display up to a maximum of ____ pixels.

An alternative for blind users is a(n) ____________________, which outputs information in Braille on paper.

A(n) ____________________ forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper.

Professionals in the desktop publishing and graphic art fields commonly use ____ because it is designed for complex documents with intense graphics and colors.

____________________ is the number of times that a monitor draws images per second.

____ is a category of output that includes memos, letters, announcements, press releases, and reports.

Most dot-matrix printers use ____________________, in which thousands of sheets of paper are connected together end to end.

Figure 6-1 LCD monitors and LCD screens like the one in Figure 6-1 produce color using either ____ technology.

CRT monitors produce a small amount of ____________________, which is a magnetic field that travels at the speed of light.